Sadie Stats

Yesterday Sadie had her six-month checkup appointment and the doctor was really impressed that she's already crawling, sitting up so well and even pulling up onto furniture. Here are her stats (don't worry Sadie, I'll stop reporting these once you're in high school):

Weight: 15 pounds, 15 ounces (50th percentile)
Height: 28 inches (99th percentile)
Head: 16 inches (15th percentile)

Party Trick

Last night we had some spoons out so we could play the castanets along with Don Toro on Jakers. Long story. Anyway, we were done with our Spanish music show and I asked Jake if he could balance a spoon on his nose. Without skipping a beat, he held it up to his nose, made some snorting sounds, and sure enough when he took his hands away, it was hanging on his little nose. Neither Ali or I have ever been able to do this trick, but Jake wanted to see us do it too. So, he taught us how to do it.
Here he is showing Ali his secret.

It worked!

Sadie turns 0.5

Sadie turned six months old yesterday! She's been practicing her crawling for a couple of weeks now, and is getting better every day. I think Jake sat up before he crawled, but Sadie decided to do it the other way around. Here she is, after mastering her sitting technique. She's also started to lift herself up and stand while holding on to the couch! Jake is very excited by all these new tricks - so excited that he tends to forget that she still needs some more practice before she can run around with him.

Sadie continues to be a pretty easy-going baby. She loves to giggle, and loves to have one of us hold her while chasing Jake around the house. She's starting to play by herself a little bit too. In this picture, she'd just crawled across the house to a corner where we have some toys, and she'd been playing quietly for 15 minutes or so before I got out the camera and she started hamming it up. See more pictures here.

So, happy Half-Birthday, Sadie! We love you!

Farmer's Market

Here we are at the Farmer's Market this morning. Jake is sporting his new fall collection, as well as a little pumpkin he picked out for Sadie. He said it was for Sadie, and he kept showing it to her, but he never actually gave it to her. Anyway, it's the thought that counts. We picked up some fresh basil and big juicy tomatoes. One last gasp of summer....

Here's Sadie snoozing in the wagon. That's the life.